I am on the telephone right now with my friend in Louisiana.
Her mobile home was destroyed. Her vehicle was destroyed. No
water, no food, no electricity, no money, no job, no home, no car,
nothing! But SHE DOES HAVE CHILDREN!!!

I have been searching for my friend, Debbie, since the day
Hurricane Katrina landed in Louisiana's southeastern region. I
have been unable to contact her by telephone. Just yesterday I
received emails from every place I posted her information only
informing me that she had not been located yet. Then she called
me out of the blue tonight. To say the least, I was happy to know
she and her family are alive!!! (Barely!)

Her husband is with her and can not go back to work offshore (in
the Louisiana oil fields). Apparently, the company he works for
sent him home the day after the hurricane made landfall.

I am blown away because she is telling me that FEMA, Red Cross,
etc. have not been to her area yet. It has almost been one month
since the hurricane. She is begging for me for "HELP".

They are forced to live in their piece of a moblie home, and it is
raining inside the home as I talk to her and write you. She can
not leave because of the looters trying to steal what she has
managed to salvage from her broken home. She is telling me they
are under marshall law. Everyone in her area is carrying guns
in holsters on their hip or carrying shot guns.

The electric company would not restore power to her mobile home
because of the damage. She was able to get a generator, but has
spent ALL of her money trying to run it.

I called FEMA and they hung up on me a number of times; other
times I was forwarded from person to person and
accomplished nothing. I call Red Cross and continued to get
disconnected. I called the Orangeburg Red Cross Office and was
told that the office in Orangeburg can do nothing for anyone in
Louisiana. Can you believe that?? They can't call their national
headquarters? Why not?

Instead, her neighbor's daughter from Tennessee brought $800 worth
of supplies collected by a Tennessee church immediately after the
hurricane (as soon as people could drive to that location) and
dropped it off. That is ALL that has come to her area.

In one conversation with FEMA, I was directed to the Small
Business Administration. WHY??? She and her family are in dire
need of EMERGENCY assistance.

I know how tired everyone is of hearing "Please Donate" or "Please
Help". However, my friend called me begging for help. Now I am
turning to you to help me help her. If you can help, please
contact me.

Click here
to find out how you can help by either volunteering or contributing to
these noble people in their time of need.

3,500 Native American Hurricane Survivors need our
help--

Here is an update that I just got from Indian Country and those affected by
the flood.

After talking with Kevin Billiott yesterday, who is with the Inter Tribal
Council of La, he told me that the hardest hit of the Nations were the
Houma
Tribe and referred me to Brenda Dardar, who he said is the Principal Chief
of
that Tribe.

I just got off the phone with Brenda who said that 3,500 members were
displaced and would need everything in the long run. Most were living in
the
poorest places in New Orleans area. She is now in trying to locate all
tribe
members. Most tribe members were living in extended family situations.

Most of the homes are still under water. And of course they do not know how
long it might be before any of them could move back. Most of the people are
in some kind of shelters.

Let me repeat this, 3,500 Native Americans need our help.

When asked what they needed now, Brenda said, "Number one we need all your
prayers, that is first and then perhaps something like Walmart Cards at
this
time might be very helpful, however in the future everything would be
needed
from furniture to cleaning supplies, you name it."

She also said the only way she has been able to get any information to
anyone was thru the various Indian Nations and Indian News. Go figure.

So, please post this e-mail to everyone you know and ask them to also post
it.

It is interesting how everything goes in circles as this was one of the
tribes that we met in Washington, DC last year at the march before the
opening of
the Smithsonian's Nation Museum of the American Indian.

If you are able to send anything to them, they are opening up storage to
put
items in, or send a gift card if you can to: The United Houma Nation
Hurricane Relief, 20986 Hwy 1, Golden Meadow, LA 70357.

Or for further information concerning any of the Nations/Tribes you can
contact Kevin Billiott of the Intertribal Council of LA. Please contact me
for
his contact information as I only have his cell phone number because all
e-mail
is still down at this time.

I just receive word one of the churches in Little Rock Arkansas are
housing about twenty choctaw women and children while the single
choctaw men are staying at the fair grounds. Has there been any
information as to which tribes are helping indian people at this time?
Arkansas just is not the best place to be dispaced, already Conway and
Russellville are doing mandatory background checks on those who just
arrived. Anyone who is found to have offenses can be removed from
conway and russellville and sent else where. These families have
enough to deal with without being subjected to further stereotyping
and infrigments on their civil rights. Any information will be
helpful. Thanks!

With kind regards, Ad.
I hope this message will find you and yours in good spirit and health.

==============================================

3,500 Native American Survivors of the hurricane need our help------

Here is an update that I just got from Indian Country and those affected
by
the flood.
After talking with Kevin Billiott yesterday, who is with the Inter
Tribal
Council of La, he told me that the hardest hit of the Nations were the
Houma
Tribe and referred me to Brenda Dardar, who he said is the Principal
Chief of
that Tribe.
I just got off the phone with Brenda who said that 3,500 members were
displaced and would need everything in the long run. Most were living in
the
poorest places in New Orleans area. She is now in trying to locate all
tribe
members. Most tribe members were living in extended family situations.
Most of the homes are still under water. And of course they do not know
how
long it might be before any of them could move back. Most of the people
are
in some kind of shelters.
Let me repeat this, 3,500 Native Americans need our help.
When asked what they needed now, Brenda said, "Number one we need all
your
prayers, that is first and then perhaps something like Walmart Cards at
this
time might be very helpful, however in the future everything would be
needed
from furniture to cleaning supplies, you name it."
She also said the only way she has been able to get any information to
anyone was thru the various Indian Nations and Indian News. Go figure.
So, please post this e-mail to everyone you know and ask them to also
post
it.
It is interesting how everything goes in circles as this was one of the
tribes that we met in Washington, DC last year at the march before the
opening of
the Smithsonian's Nation Museum of the American Indian. For more
information
about the Houma Tribe please go to:
_http://www.unitedhoumanation.org_ (http://www.unitedhoumanation.org)
If you are able to send anything to them, they are opening up storage to
put
items in, or send a gift card if you can to: The United Houma Nation
Hurricane Relief, 20986 Hwy 1, Golden Meadow, LA 70357.
You can also contact Brenda Dardar at: _bdr@UnitedHoumaNation.org_
(mailto:bdr@UnitedHoumaNation.org)
Or for further information concerning any of the Nations/Tribes you can
contact Kevin Billiott of the Intertribal Council of LA. Please contact
me for
his contact information as I only have his cell phone number because all
e-mail
is still down at this time.
Wa Do,
Teresa

Subject: NCC: Emergency voicemail for Katrina victims and loved ones

A way for the phoneless to communicate

Air America Public Voicemail
1-866-217-6255

Air America Radio's Public Voicemail is a way for
disconnected people
to
communicate in the wake of Katrina.

Here's how it works:

Call the toll-free number above, enter your everyday
phone number, and
then record a message. Other people who know your
everyday phone number
(even if it doesn't work anymore) can call Emergency
Voicemail, enter
the
phone number they associate with you, and hear your
message.

You can also search for messages left by people whose
phone numbers you
know.

Air America Radio will leave Public Voicemail in
service for as long as
this crisis continues. You can call it whenever you
are trying to
locate
someone, or if you are trying to be found.

Obviously, for this to work, people need to know about
it so please
forward the number to as many people as you can. You
can find out more
about Katrina and the affected areas at
www.airamericaradio.com.

Monday, September 5- Tribes Affected By Hurricane Katrina: Hurricane
Katrina has destroyed major cities and towns along the gulf coast states. As
America assesses the damage, the projected costs of clean-up and rebuilding
escalates. In the midst of the devastation stories of courage, humility and
unity are emerging. There are several federal and state recognized tribes
along the gulf coast who were impacted. The tribes who were spared by
Katrina are now stepping up to the plate to offer shelter, food and other
necessities to their tribal and non-tribal neighbors. How are tribes in the
area dealing with the devastation? How can you help? Guests include Brenda
Dardar Robichaux, Principal Chief United Houma Nation, Frank Keel, Eastern
Regional Director/Bureau of Indian Affairs, Robert Holden
(Chickasaw/Choctaw) NCAI Sr. Staff, and Paula Shattuck Souther Pueblo Agency
Fire Information Officer.

For those interested in helping out
our brothers and sisters who are victims

For those interested in helping out our brothers and sisters who are
victims of the recent hurricane throughout the south...I suggest you
locate a tribe you want to help...find out if they actually need
help...then contact World Care and let them know of the need and ask
how you can help...then send a letter to the editor to five different
cities NOT within the affected disaster area and ask for people to
help that tribe and suggest they contact World Care to help
out...then bring the plight of the tribe to the attention of local
media and elected officials (contact info can be found at the links I
provide below)...then pass this whole message on to others so that
they can help as well

...on the left side below the calendar you will see a link highlighted
in red for Katrina Aid...on the right side there are cities in the
affected area also highlighted in red...

To find folks missing or to let folks know that you are okay if you
were caught up in this mess...you can review/post messages by clicking
on the city nearest the place where you are looking or from...then
click on the "Community" pages...there is other information available
as well...

Please pass this on to your other groups, family, friends and local
media and officials so that they may also be kept informed...

WASHINGTON - September 2 - Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
gave
the following speech today on the House floor during a special
session
to provide relief money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina:

"This amount of money is only a fraction of what is needed and
everyone
here knows it. Let it go forward quickly with heart-felt thanks to
those
who are helping to save lives with necessary food, water, shelter,
medical care and security. Congress must also demand accountability
with
the appropriations. Because until there are basic changes in the
direction of this government, this tragedy will multiply to
apocalyptic
proportions.

"The Administration yesterday said that no one anticipated the
breach
of
the levees. Did the Administration not see or care about the 2001
FEMA
warning about the risk of a devastating hurricane hitting the people
of
New Orleans? Did it not know or care that civil and army engineers
were
warning for years about the consequences of failure to strengthen
the
flood control system? Was it aware or did it care that the very same
Administration which decries the plight of the people today, cut
from
the budget tens of millions needed for Gulf-area flood control
projects?

"Countless lives have been lost throughout the South with a cost of
hundreds of billions in ruined homes, businesses, and the
destruction
of
an entire physical and social infrastructure.

"The President said an hour ago that the Gulf Coast looks like it
has
been obliterated by a weapon. It has. Indifference is a weapon of
mass
destruction.

"Our indifferent government is in a crisis of legitimacy. If it
continues to ignore its basic responsibility for the health and
welfare
of the American people, will there ever be enough money to clean up
after their indifference?

"As our government continues to squander human and monetary
resources
of
this country on the war, people are beginning to ask, "Isn't it time
we
began to take care of our own people here at home? Isn't it time we
rescued our own citizens? Isn't it time we fed our own people? Isn't
it
time we sheltered our own people? Isn't it time we provided physical
and
economic security for our own people?" And isn't it time we stopped
the
oil companies from profiting from this tragedy?

"We have plenty of work to do here at home. It is time for America
to
come home and take care of its own people who are drowning in the
streets, suffocating in attics, dying from exposure to the elements,
oppressed by poverty and illness, wracked with despair and hunger
and
thirst.

"The time is NOW to bring back to the United States the 78,000
National
Guard troops currently deployed overseas into the Gulf Coast region.

"The time is NOW to bring back to the US the equipment which will be
needed for search and rescue, for clean up and reclamation.

"The time is NOW for federal resources, including closed Army bases,
to
be used for temporary shelter for those who have been displaced by
the
hurricane.

"The time is NOW to plan massive public works, with jobs going to
the
people of the Gulf Coast states, to build new levees, new roads,
bridges, libraries, schools, colleges and universities and to
rebuild
all public institutions, including hospitals. Medicare ought to be
extended to everyone, so every person can get the physical and
mental
health care they might need as a result of the disaster.

"The time is NOW for the federal government to take seriously the
research of scientists who have warned for years about the dangers
of
changes in the global climate, and to prepare other regions of the
country for other possible weather disasters until we change our
disastrous energy policies.

"The time is NOW for changes in our energy policy, to end the
domination
of oil and fossil fuel and to invest heavily in alternative energy,
including wind and solar, geothermal and biofuels.

"As bad as this catastrophe will prove to be, it is in fact only a
warning. Our government must change its direction, it must become
involved in making America a better place to live, a place where all
may
survive and thrive. It must get off the path of war and seek the
path
of
peace, peace with the natural environment, peace with other nations,
peace with a just economic system."